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How to Get Into Law School

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Whether you’re is a college junior facing the LSATs, a senior sitting with disappointing test scores, or someone who has always dreamed of a career in the law, there is too much at stake not to ask the hard questions about what lies ahead. How to Get into Law School will tell you all you need to know about:

Choosing and applying to law schoolThe law school admission test (LSAT) and law school applicationsGetting into law schoolSuceeding as a studentFinding career fulfillment

In How to Get Into Law School, Susan Estrich lends her unique point of view and far-ranging experience-as ace law student, tenured professor, renowned legal scholar and analyst-to the life and career questions applicants will face, and answers them in the frank, no-nonsense manner that is her trademark. Featuring anecdotes from admissions directors, professors, veteran attorneys, and adventurous students alike, How to Get Into Law School lays out the facts on:

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Praise

“The smartest book about getting in and going to law school.” –Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard Law School

“Brilliant.” –Christopher F. Edley, Dean, Boalt Hall Law School

“If anyone can remind you why you once loved the law, and still might, Susan Estrich will.” –Kathleen M. Sullivan, Dean and Professor of Law, Stanford Law School

Table of Contents

How to Get Into Law SchoolForeword by Kathleen M. Sullivan and Richard E. LangProfessor of Law and Stanley Morrison Professor of Law, Stanford Law School

Introduction

Book One: Getting In1. Getting Ready2. Should You Take Time Off Before Law School?3. Are You Commited?4. The LSAT5. Making the Case for Yourself6. The Personal Statement7. How to Get Great Recommendations8. How to Get Personal Interviews at Schools That Don’t Interview9. The Critical Importance of Follow-Through10. How to Target Your Applications to the Right Schools for You11. How You Should Define “Best” for Yourself12. Financing Your Legal Education

Book Two: What You Need to Learn13. What You Need to Know Before You Begin14. To Brief or Not Brief? That is the Question15. Surviving the Socratic Method16. Mastering the Fine Art of Examsmanship17. How to Make Facluty Members Like You18. “Hitting the Wall” Is Part of the Law School Experience19. How to Get the Most from Your Legal Education20. Facing the Job Market21. Unhappy Lawyers and How to Avoid Becoming One22. Work That Matters; Professionalism; Defining It for Yourself